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Welcome to the 2014 40 under 40, our list of the most influential young people in business. They’re in technology, yes, but also finance, fashion, film, real estate and even plant-based food. They’re all disrupting—and they’re all just getting started.

Hannah Minghella, 35

After almost three years as head of Sony Pictures Animation, Minghella—daughter of the late director Anthony Minghella—was tapped to be president of production at Columbia Pictures, a title she shares with veteran producer-screenwriter Michael de Luca. Among her successes: helping to get Sony the rights to Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In.

5 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW

1

Her father Anthony Minghella won an Oscar for The English Patient

2

Her stepmother choreographed a performance of the opera “Madama Butterfly”

3

Her paternal grandparents ran an ice cream business

4

Her projects have included American Hustle, The Amazing Spider-Man and Skyfall

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Her brother Max is an actor who appeared in The Social Network (2010) and The Internship (2013)